孝 xiào filial piety

源How it came to be

An old person with long hair, bent over, and a child underneath taking the weight. The child is drawn as the support rather than the burden, and that arrangement is the whole idea.

用How it is used

• Filial devotion to parents: 孝顺 (xiàoshùn) dutiful, 孝敬 (xiàojìng) to honor and provide for elders, 尽孝 (jìn xiào) to fulfill one's filial duty.
• Also mourning: 戴孝 (dàixiào) to wear mourning for a dead relative.
• A core Confucian virtue; 不孝 (búxiào) is a serious reproach.

字Characters built with 孝

• 教 teach
• 酵 yeast

词Words with 孝

• 孝敬xiàojìngto show filial respectHSK 8
• 孝顺xiàoshùnfilialHSK 8